Swing States and more

October 15th, 2012
Dominic


                                                             Importance of Swing States



             Over the decades, many states have swayed from democratic to republican or vice versa. Swing states make big impacts on an election in the United States.

             In the chart, you can tell that states that were mainly Obama's wins in 2008 are turning into Republican wins or swing states this year. For example, Florida and North Carolina both were barely won by Obama in 2008, and now they might be barely losses.

             The competitive states are states such as Ohio, Virginia, Florida and Iowa. All of those states are very close in terms of voters on each side. In every single election since 1964, whoever wins Ohio, wins the election. So, Ohio is a key piece in victory!                                                  

             There are also the states that are definite 'safe' states. New Jersey and California are both safe democratic states. At one point, those two states were not safe states for the democrats, but for the republicans.